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n. Self-restraint; moderation.

n. Voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge.

n. Partial or complete abstention from sexual activity. See Synonyms at abstinence.

n. The voluntary control of urination and defecation.

n. Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.

n. Self-restraint; self-command.

n. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.

n. Uninterrupted course; continuity.

n. In general, self-restraint with regard to desires and passions; self-command.

n. In a special sense, the restraint of the sexual passion within due bounds, whether absolute, as in celibacy, or within lawful limits, as in marriage; chastity.

n. Capacity for holding or containing: as, a measure which has only one half the continence of another. Continuity; uninterrupted course.

n. voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge

n. the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters

"And, while Jeff's comment on clerical continence is premature, I suspect we are heading toward a serious re-examination of that issue at the universal level."

continency   

incontinence   

control    restraint    self-denial    self-discipline   

continent   

self-restraint    self-command    continuity    self-control   

abstemiousness    abstinence    chastity    frugality    self-restraint    sobriety    soberness    probity    asceticism    celibacy